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EIGHT areas of Britain have more children living in poverty than not, new research revealed today.
The End Poverty Action Coalition found that there were eight constituencies in Britain — all in London and Birmingham, with Bethnal Green & Bow topping the list — where more than half of children were living in poverty.
Soaring house prices in London was cited as a major factor pushing families to the brink.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK